#xinyi
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Bubbles
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 7/7)
Sometimes, it's the simple things that make a smile.
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 7/7)
Sometimes, it's the simple things that make a smile.
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Tick Tock makes the clock
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 6/7)
Dance groups are always fun to watch in Taipei's Xinyi district - often featuring elaborate costumes, well-trained choreographs, and a professional videography team around them.
(If you want to watch the rehearsals of these group, walking to Taipei's public buildings like its concert hall or various memorials is a good guess, where you are likely to find them in the evening hours).
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 6/7)
Dance groups are always fun to watch in Taipei's Xinyi district - often featuring elaborate costumes, well-trained choreographs, and a professional videography team around them.
(If you want to watch the rehearsals of these group, walking to Taipei's public buildings like its concert hall or various memorials is a good guess, where you are likely to find them in the evening hours).
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π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
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The boy group
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 5/7)
Next to athletic and gymnastic feats, music is the main attraction in the street performances around Taipei 101. Taiwan was once world-renowned for its cheesy boy bands, melting hearts of (mostly Asian) girls all around the globe. While both Korea and China have seen opportunities in this market and are now building their own talents, Taiwan's handsome singers still find their fans at least in person.
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 5/7)
Next to athletic and gymnastic feats, music is the main attraction in the street performances around Taipei 101. Taiwan was once world-renowned for its cheesy boy bands, melting hearts of (mostly Asian) girls all around the globe. While both Korea and China have seen opportunities in this market and are now building their own talents, Taiwan's handsome singers still find their fans at least in person.
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π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
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Wheels and Wows
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 4/7)
The athletic and gymnastic feats of the performers are celebrated by old and young. But even more so by the young!
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 4/7)
The athletic and gymnastic feats of the performers are celebrated by old and young. But even more so by the young!
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Handstand
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 3/7)
The public performance of a group of athletes in Taipei's Xinyi district.
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 3/7)
The public performance of a group of athletes in Taipei's Xinyi district.
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The jump
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 2/7)
There are a lot of performance artists in the streets between the malls of Taipei's Xinyi Planning District. As many, this group has focused on remarkable gymnastic and athletic skills - like jumping over a lying volunteer.
(And yes, I too would have loved to hit the shutter button half a second later).
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(Street Performance in Xinyi, 2/7)
There are a lot of performance artists in the streets between the malls of Taipei's Xinyi Planning District. As many, this group has focused on remarkable gymnastic and athletic skills - like jumping over a lying volunteer.
(And yes, I too would have loved to hit the shutter button half a second later).
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π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
π | #street #streetphotography #streetperformance
Balloons
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 1/7)
Xinyi Planning District is a 153 hectare area around Taipei 101 in Taipei. Whereas the political and historical centers of the city are still in its West, this area is its undeniable financial and commercial center.
If you have seen a photo of Taipei, chances are you have seen a photo centered on this area with Taipei 101 at its center. It is quite ironic that the area has become this iconic, as its quite exceptional in the city at large. First, the area is the only part of Taipei where the absolute height limit is canceled. Second, it is the only commercial development area with fully planed streets and urban design.
Xinyi used to lie at the outskirts of Taipei. Still part of Songshan district, the area was industrial and rural with repair factories, military villages and shooting ranges. It was this lack of development that made it a good place for urban planning starting in the 1990s. Since then, malls, high-rises, and skyscrapers have been built, hosting multinational corporations, apartments, and lots and lots of shops.
English Wikipedia determines the center of that area around 101 to have the highest density of deportment stores in the world. Taiwanese Wikipedia is more floral, arguing it to be "the most important shining project in the history of Taiwan's urban planning development."
Indeed, the shopping district is a magnet for people from all over the city and beyond. Especially at the weekend the streets between the malls are packed with shoppers and visitors. During the next days, we will join them to have a look at the street live.
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π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #streetperformance
(Street Performance in Xinyi, 1/7)
Xinyi Planning District is a 153 hectare area around Taipei 101 in Taipei. Whereas the political and historical centers of the city are still in its West, this area is its undeniable financial and commercial center.
If you have seen a photo of Taipei, chances are you have seen a photo centered on this area with Taipei 101 at its center. It is quite ironic that the area has become this iconic, as its quite exceptional in the city at large. First, the area is the only part of Taipei where the absolute height limit is canceled. Second, it is the only commercial development area with fully planed streets and urban design.
Xinyi used to lie at the outskirts of Taipei. Still part of Songshan district, the area was industrial and rural with repair factories, military villages and shooting ranges. It was this lack of development that made it a good place for urban planning starting in the 1990s. Since then, malls, high-rises, and skyscrapers have been built, hosting multinational corporations, apartments, and lots and lots of shops.
English Wikipedia determines the center of that area around 101 to have the highest density of deportment stores in the world. Taiwanese Wikipedia is more floral, arguing it to be "the most important shining project in the history of Taiwan's urban planning development."
Indeed, the shopping district is a magnet for people from all over the city and beyond. Especially at the weekend the streets between the malls are packed with shoppers and visitors. During the next days, we will join them to have a look at the street live.
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π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi #θΊε #ε°ε #θΊη£ #ε°η£ #πΉπΌ
π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #streetperformance
Xinyi
The iconic image of Taipei is actually an image of its most eastern and youngest district, Xinyi, δΏ‘ηΎ©. Even more specific, it is an image of the Xinyi Planning Area, "the most important shining project in the history of Taiwan's urban planning development" according to its definitely completely neutral Chinese Wikipedia entry.
Xinyi used to lie at the outskirts of Taipei. Still part of Songshan district, the area was industrial and rural with repair factories, military villages and shooting ranges. It was this lack of development that made it a good place for urban planning starting in the 1990s.
Driven by central planning, Xinyi is now the main financial and commercial center of Taipei and Taiwan with many of its highest skyscrapers and the highest density of department stores in the world. (Taipei 101 was the world's highest building from 2004 to 2010).
The fact that it's iconic for Taipei is rather ironic, though: The commercial area is the only part of Taipei where the absolut height limit is canceled.
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ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #facts
The iconic image of Taipei is actually an image of its most eastern and youngest district, Xinyi, δΏ‘ηΎ©. Even more specific, it is an image of the Xinyi Planning Area, "the most important shining project in the history of Taiwan's urban planning development" according to its definitely completely neutral Chinese Wikipedia entry.
Xinyi used to lie at the outskirts of Taipei. Still part of Songshan district, the area was industrial and rural with repair factories, military villages and shooting ranges. It was this lack of development that made it a good place for urban planning starting in the 1990s.
Driven by central planning, Xinyi is now the main financial and commercial center of Taipei and Taiwan with many of its highest skyscrapers and the highest density of department stores in the world. (Taipei 101 was the world's highest building from 2004 to 2010).
The fact that it's iconic for Taipei is rather ironic, though: The commercial area is the only part of Taipei where the absolut height limit is canceled.
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π· | #photography #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #facts
Blick auf den Taipei 101 an einem weiteren, knueppelheissen August-Tag.
Moin #Mastodon und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag π
ηθΊ (Mania)
Let's be honest: photography is a quite cerebral activity. Sure, we all "follow our intuition"... still. Let's just say it's probably really hard to go crazy when you have probably several thousand euros/dollars of equipment in your hand. (Also: Odds are others are paying you to stay professional!) And then there is the whole part of sitting at your desk, scrolling through hundreds of images, playing around with exposure and light, messing with weird social media networks. I'm not even sure drugs can bring you to a place where that resembles anything like "enthusiasm" or even "mania."
Which leaves the other side of the lens for these kinds of psychological states. Yet here too there is something about losing control that makes it slightly less likely for cameras to be around.
Anyway. I feel too cerebral and boxed in right now and want to really lean into juicy vibes, so the next days will be dedicated to joy, excitement, joie de vivre, Lebensfreude, mania, contentment, ...all the interesting and often good stuff!
(I featured the "haunted elephant" some days ago, it was a public art piece in Taipei's Xinyi district. I'm not sure whether he's (she's?) really enjoying himself, but isn't this what mania is about? Surfing the waves and crashing onto the shore? Cinematic editing.)
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ποΈ | #street #streetphotography
Let's be honest: photography is a quite cerebral activity. Sure, we all "follow our intuition"... still. Let's just say it's probably really hard to go crazy when you have probably several thousand euros/dollars of equipment in your hand. (Also: Odds are others are paying you to stay professional!) And then there is the whole part of sitting at your desk, scrolling through hundreds of images, playing around with exposure and light, messing with weird social media networks. I'm not even sure drugs can bring you to a place where that resembles anything like "enthusiasm" or even "mania."
Which leaves the other side of the lens for these kinds of psychological states. Yet here too there is something about losing control that makes it slightly less likely for cameras to be around.
Anyway. I feel too cerebral and boxed in right now and want to really lean into juicy vibes, so the next days will be dedicated to joy, excitement, joie de vivre, Lebensfreude, mania, contentment, ...all the interesting and often good stuff!
(I featured the "haunted elephant" some days ago, it was a public art piece in Taipei's Xinyi district. I'm not sure whether he's (she's?) really enjoying himself, but isn't this what mania is about? Surfing the waves and crashing onto the shore? Cinematic editing.)
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π | #taiwan #taipei #formosa #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mmmanualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography
δΈθ΅·δΈη· (Offline together)
This week was dedicated to a gentle look at those habits we (and I!) are often very self-critical about.
Iβve gotten tired of moralizing the use of technology, and I feel moralizing is often a distraction. Social media, smartphones, the internet, all that - in the end it's not as important as we make it, and of course itβs neither bad nor good. Like with everything else, we have to take responsibility for our actions and only then can we change them. In the end, this is liberating.
Once we look clear-eyed beyond moral assumptions and what our technological marvels gift us (immense power, but also: ads), we can also see what they cannot give us. At last and always, it's emptiness they cannot provide - and this will get more true with every new feature. Being empty of the opinions of others, the itch to read, watch, listen, consume ever more. Being empty of our selves.
In the end, the internet is always more in our heads than hands. So letβs leave our phones at home and grab our loved ones, our camera, or a bottle of water and head out! Into the only place that can be smelled and touched, that feels like more than glass.
(I'm not even sure this image is deliberately out of focus, but I think I like it more as it is. At least it wouldn't have made this series otherwise.)
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π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
This week was dedicated to a gentle look at those habits we (and I!) are often very self-critical about.
Iβve gotten tired of moralizing the use of technology, and I feel moralizing is often a distraction. Social media, smartphones, the internet, all that - in the end it's not as important as we make it, and of course itβs neither bad nor good. Like with everything else, we have to take responsibility for our actions and only then can we change them. In the end, this is liberating.
Once we look clear-eyed beyond moral assumptions and what our technological marvels gift us (immense power, but also: ads), we can also see what they cannot give us. At last and always, it's emptiness they cannot provide - and this will get more true with every new feature. Being empty of the opinions of others, the itch to read, watch, listen, consume ever more. Being empty of our selves.
In the end, the internet is always more in our heads than hands. So letβs leave our phones at home and grab our loved ones, our camera, or a bottle of water and head out! Into the only place that can be smelled and touched, that feels like more than glass.
(I'm not even sure this image is deliberately out of focus, but I think I like it more as it is. At least it wouldn't have made this series otherwise.)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
ζ£εΏ΅ (Mindfulness)
"Have the monks stopped meditating? They all seem to be tweeting." These words echo at the end of the trailer of Werner Herzogβs documentary "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World." (An overall rather mediocre work.)
Indeed, nothing seems farther away from a mindful life than to mindlessly bend over a glowing screen while almost walking into a street lamp. Images of smartphone-using monks thus have something ironic about it. But why? Monks too have family and friends and have to connect some way. There is no principal difference between being absorbed in the internet instead of a holy scripture or a prayer. So if we can be attentive around religious rituals, shouldn't there also be a way to use the internet mindfully?
Maybe the idea that a mindful life and internet use are complete opposites comes less from actual Buddhist monks and more from Western mindfulness coaches and yoga teachers. To me, selling a digital detox on social media seems equally ironic as a tweeting monk - and equally fine.
All these are dilemmas we have to live with these days, and maybe getting lost in vague generalities instead of living life and these questions from one moment to the next is the biggest obstacle to mindfulness.
(I cleaned the first images quite a lot, going with a more cinematic edit by getting rid of some of the colors. The second one is left more natural, though.)
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π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
"Have the monks stopped meditating? They all seem to be tweeting." These words echo at the end of the trailer of Werner Herzogβs documentary "Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World." (An overall rather mediocre work.)
Indeed, nothing seems farther away from a mindful life than to mindlessly bend over a glowing screen while almost walking into a street lamp. Images of smartphone-using monks thus have something ironic about it. But why? Monks too have family and friends and have to connect some way. There is no principal difference between being absorbed in the internet instead of a holy scripture or a prayer. So if we can be attentive around religious rituals, shouldn't there also be a way to use the internet mindfully?
Maybe the idea that a mindful life and internet use are complete opposites comes less from actual Buddhist monks and more from Western mindfulness coaches and yoga teachers. To me, selling a digital detox on social media seems equally ironic as a tweeting monk - and equally fine.
All these are dilemmas we have to live with these days, and maybe getting lost in vague generalities instead of living life and these questions from one moment to the next is the biggest obstacle to mindfulness.
(I cleaned the first images quite a lot, going with a more cinematic edit by getting rid of some of the colors. The second one is left more natural, though.)
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π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
εΎδΈι’η· (Never Offline)
When I sat down to start picking images for this week, I quickly became frustrated. What's the point? Do people care? Does the world need the 2,812,441,282nd street photo? Why spend parts of my weekend for it. (Sure, I committed to it and can be stubborn, but that isn't necessary a motivation...)
Then I remembered this image and... it kind of grounded me again? So that's why this week will focus on this, "Never offline."
I like the image. At first it invites the usual critique. "Kids these days can never let go of their smartphones." "No-one is talking to each other any more." Stuff like that. But the image actually tells a very different story. Sure, three people have their phones in their hands, but only one is absorbed in it, an he seems honestly and actively engaged. The couple on the right is close, tender. He has certainly not forgotten her. And even the lady on the right looks out, distracted not by her phone but from using it. The image is belying the trivial impulse to pile on technology, phones, social media. So let's dive a bit deeper the next days!
(Black and white editing. I like it more and more for images where the colors are chaotic or don't add much. And the shiny benches add a lot of structure that otherwise would have been missed.)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
When I sat down to start picking images for this week, I quickly became frustrated. What's the point? Do people care? Does the world need the 2,812,441,282nd street photo? Why spend parts of my weekend for it. (Sure, I committed to it and can be stubborn, but that isn't necessary a motivation...)
Then I remembered this image and... it kind of grounded me again? So that's why this week will focus on this, "Never offline."
I like the image. At first it invites the usual critique. "Kids these days can never let go of their smartphones." "No-one is talking to each other any more." Stuff like that. But the image actually tells a very different story. Sure, three people have their phones in their hands, but only one is absorbed in it, an he seems honestly and actively engaged. The couple on the right is close, tender. He has certainly not forgotten her. And even the lady on the right looks out, distracted not by her phone but from using it. The image is belying the trivial impulse to pile on technology, phones, social media. So let's dive a bit deeper the next days!
(Black and white editing. I like it more and more for images where the colors are chaotic or don't add much. And the shiny benches add a lot of structure that otherwise would have been missed.)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #taiwanstreetphotography #internet #philosophy #onlinelife
ι³³ε° (Phoenix)
An art installation at Taipei101 for Lunar New Year.
(I loved and pushed the red in the sculpture itself, reduced colors in the background. I withhold from doing too much coloring apart from this, so it's not really a "cinematic" edit I would say...)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #art #artphotography #publicart
An art installation at Taipei101 for Lunar New Year.
(I loved and pushed the red in the sculpture itself, reduced colors in the background. I withhold from doing too much coloring apart from this, so it's not really a "cinematic" edit I would say...)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #art #artphotography #publicart
鬧鬼η倧豑
(Haunted Elephant)
An art installation in Xinyi a while ago. Nice cyberpunk aesthetic
(Cinematic edit, I pushed the contrast hard and changed the colors quite a bit - you can tell by the black and white warning thingy that is actually red. But an aggressive coloring goes best with the cyberpunk aesthetic I was aiming for.)
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π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #nokton40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #cyberpunk
(Haunted Elephant)
An art installation in Xinyi a while ago. Nice cyberpunk aesthetic
(Cinematic edit, I pushed the contrast hard and changed the colors quite a bit - you can tell by the black and white warning thingy that is actually red. But an aggressive coloring goes best with the cyberpunk aesthetic I was aiming for.)
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π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #nokton40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #cyberpunk
ζ·ε²θηΎδ»£
(History and modernity)
Before Taipei 101 and Taipei's finance and commerce center around it have been built, Xinyi used to be a poorer area at the outskirts of the city. Many of the old neighborhoods have changed a lot in the last two decades, but here and there you can still see the contrast between the old and the new like in this street here.
(Slightly cinematic edit, making the image warmer and cooling the shadows in order to highlight the contrast of both worlds I wanted to make.)
π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography
(History and modernity)
Before Taipei 101 and Taipei's finance and commerce center around it have been built, Xinyi used to be a poorer area at the outskirts of the city. Many of the old neighborhoods have changed a lot in the last two decades, but here and there you can still see the contrast between the old and the new like in this street here.
(Slightly cinematic edit, making the image warmer and cooling the shadows in order to highlight the contrast of both worlds I wanted to make.)
π | #taiwan #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography
ιθ‘εΈ« (Magician)
Another place I often pass, a street in the shopping district around Taipei 101. There are a lot of performance artists around, dancers, musicians, gymnasts, and magicians like this man. The rituals of their job - waiting until it's their turn, setting up their equipment, maybe even getting someone to film them - used to distract me. But whenever I see a child fixating on them with an open mouth, I remember that their job is a gift to us passengers, and that they indeed bring some magic at least into my life for the few seconds I pass by or the minutes I stay and watch.
(Minor edits)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #magic #photography
Another place I often pass, a street in the shopping district around Taipei 101. There are a lot of performance artists around, dancers, musicians, gymnasts, and magicians like this man. The rituals of their job - waiting until it's their turn, setting up their equipment, maybe even getting someone to film them - used to distract me. But whenever I see a child fixating on them with an open mouth, I remember that their job is a gift to us passengers, and that they indeed bring some magic at least into my life for the few seconds I pass by or the minutes I stay and watch.
(Minor edits)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #street #streetphotography #magic #photography
ζ₯εΈΈηζ΄» (Everyday life)
I pass this bridge often, usually not spending a single thought. There was fencing one day, and it reminded me how far away even the cars below are from my life, the cars that day by day became so common. I have no idea who is driving them, who else is sitting inside, where they are going, what they are thinking. Hundreds of stories flowing by that will never come as close again.
(Minor edits.)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #citylife
I pass this bridge often, usually not spending a single thought. There was fencing one day, and it reminded me how far away even the cars below are from my life, the cars that day by day became so common. I have no idea who is driving them, who else is sitting inside, where they are going, what they are thinking. Hundreds of stories flowing by that will never come as close again.
(Minor edits.)
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π | #taiwan #formosa #taipei #xinyi
π· | #a7r #voigtlander #voigtlander40mm #manualfocus
ποΈ | #urban #urbanphotography #citylife
Street sculpture in Taipeiβs Xinyi District.
#taiwan #taipei #xinyi #xinyidistrict #sculpture #rhinoceros #ε°η£ #ε°ε #δΏ‘ηΎ©ε #ηη
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Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst